# “Only Documents Required, Rs 25,000 a Month”: Why Doctors Should Not Rent Their Name for Clinic Registration

Source: https://upmed.net/clinic-registration-on-doctor-documents-risks/  
Published: 2026-11-08 · Updated: 2026-11-08  
Category: Blog  
Publisher: UPMED (https://upmed.net/)

> Ads offer doctors Rs 25,000 a month for 'documents only' clinic registration. The risks: PHC quackery fines up to Rs 500,000, sealing, PMDC complaints and...

You may have seen ads like this on WhatsApp channels and groups:

> **Clinic registration (MBBS).** Doctor’s documents needed for clinic registration. No duty, just take monthly payment. Salary 25,000. Only documents required.

It sounds like easy money. No duty hours, no patients, just a monthly transfer. But what you are really being asked to do is put your name and PMDC registration on a clinic you will never work in. Here is why that is a bad deal.

## What is actually being asked

To register or license a clinic, the healthcare commission (the Punjab Healthcare Commission in Punjab, and similar bodies in other regions) needs a qualified, registered practitioner linked to it. When someone without the right qualification wants to run a clinic, a “documents only” doctor fills that gap on paper.

So the clinic opens under your name, while someone else sees the patients, writes the prescriptions and gives the injections.

## The risks you take on

### 1. Your name is on the record when something goes wrong

The commission, patients and the police will look at the licence first, and the licence says you. If a patient is harmed, if a wrong drug is given, or if a complaint is filed, the clinic’s registered doctor is the first person they come to. You will have to explain why you were not there.

### 2. The clinic can be treated as quackery

Under the Punjab Healthcare Commission Act 2010, treating patients without proper registration counts as quackery. The PHC can impose fines of up to Rs 500,000 and seal premises. Inspectors check who is actually treating patients, not only whose certificate is on the wall. A clinic run by an unqualified person under a borrowed name is exactly what they are looking for.

### 3. Your PMDC registration can be put at risk

Helping an unqualified person practise medicine goes against basic medical ethics. A complaint to PMDC about a clinic registered in your name is your problem, not the owner’s.

### 4. You control nothing

You do not choose the staff, the medicines, the sterilisation, the waste disposal or the records. Every one of these is part of the commission’s standards (MSDS), and every failure is recorded against a clinic that carries your name.

### 5. Rs 25,000 is not worth it

That is Rs 300,000 a year. A single PHC fine can be larger than that, and a negligence case or a disciplinary complaint can cost you far more than money.

### 6. Getting out is harder than getting in

Copies of your degree, CNIC and PMDC certificate stay with the owner. Your name stays on the licence until it is formally changed.

## Already given your documents?

- Ask the owner, in writing, to remove your name and return your documents.
- Contact the healthcare commission that issued the registration and tell them you are not working at that clinic, so your name can be removed from its record.
- Keep copies of every message and letter you send.

## Want extra income? Do real work

There is genuine demand for doctors in evening OPDs, replacement (locum) shifts and part-time clinic duties. These pay for the hours you actually work, and you stay in control of your own patients. You can find openings in the [UPMED Jobs Portal](https://upmed.net/jobs-portal/).

## For clinic owners

A borrowed name does not make a clinic legal. The commission expects a qualified doctor to be present and responsible for patient care, and inspections check this. If you want to register a clinic the right way and get ready for inspection, start with our [MSDS guide](https://upmed.net/msds/).

## Bottom line

Your PMDC registration is your licence to practise, not a document to rent out. If the job is “documents only”, it is not a job. It is a risk, and it carries your name.

*This post is general guidance, not legal advice. For your specific situation, contact the relevant healthcare commission or a lawyer.*